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How did Castle design change over time?

Explore the strengths and weaknesses of different types of Norman castles throughout history, including motte and bailey castles and stone keep castles. Learn how castle design changed over time.

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How did Castle design change over time?

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  1. To consider the strengths and weaknesses of different types of Norman castles How did Castle design change over time?

  2. starter activity Table When the Normans arrived the first castles they built were wooden, motte & bailey castles (above.) Make a list of the advantages & disadvantages of this type of castle.

  3. Strengths • Quick to build • Resources easily available • Provided living quarters for people & animals • Easily defendable – motte, palisade, ditch, drawbridge • Portable – flat pack castles Motte and bailey castles built by William the Conqueror

  4. Weaknesses • Wooden – easily burned down, rot in wet weather • Labour intensive • Bailey difficult to defend

  5.  Your task Imagine you are an angry Anglo-Saxon rebel who has just led a failed attack on a motte and bailey castle. Describe the obstacles you faced on the way to the keep before you were finally defeated. Remember to include what you think were some of the weaknesses, too!

  6. Success criteria

  7. How easy was a stone keep castle to defend? Make a list of all the advantages & disadvantages of building this type of this castle

  8. Strengths • Impressive • Safe base to rule local region • Special features – portcullis, murder holes, arrow slits, merlons & crenels • Difficult to attack – thick walls, hoardings, drawbridge & moat, round towers Recognise this castle? Why is it so impressive?

  9. Weaknesses • Expensive to produce • Time-consuming to build • Immovable • Not impregnable

  10.  Your task Imagine you have been asked to produce a makeover show about a family living in a motte & bailey castle who want to live somewhere a little more modern and easier to defend. Work in teams of 4/5 and show the changes the programme makes to their wooden castle to a state of the art stone keep.

  11.  Your task Give each student a card. Make one side of the classroom motte and bailey castles, and the other stone keeps. Students must move to the correct side of the room according to the card they have. Card sort

  12.  Homework Produce an estate agent’s brochure for a medieval stone keep castle. Include the following information: Dimensions Floor plans Types of rooms Defensive features

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